A selection of meaningful poems for Funerals - The Searson Family ...

A selection ofmeaningful poems forFuneralsbrought to you byThe Searson Family FuneralService

Memories of the HeartFeel no guilt in laughter,she knows how much you care,feel no sorrow in a smilethat she's not here to shareSo talk about the good timesthe ways you showed you cared,the days you spent together,all the happiness you shared.Let memories surround youa word someone may say,will suddenly recapturea time, an hour, a dayThat brings her back as clearlyas though she were still here,and fills you with the feelingsthat she is always nearFor if you keep those memoriesYou will never be apart,And she will live foreverLocked safe within your hearts.Can be either ‘HE’ or ‘SHE’

In MemoriamOur lives go on without youBut nothing is the sameWe have to hide our heartacheWhen someone speaks your nameSad are the hearts that love youSilent are the tears that fallLiving without you is the hardestpart of allYou did so many things for usYour heart was so kind and trueAnd when we needed someoneWe could always count on youThe special years will not returnWhen we are all togetherBut with the love in our heartsYou walk with us forever

She is GoneYou can shed tears that she isgone or you can smile becauseshe lived. You can close your eyesand pray that she'll come back oryou can open your eyes and seeall she's left.Your heart can be empty becauseyou can't see her or you can befull of the love you shared.You can turn your back ontomorrow and live yesterday oryou can be happy for tomorrowbecause of yesterday.You can remember her only thatshe's gone or you can cherish hermemory and let it live on.You can cry and close your mind,be empty and turn your backor you can do what she wouldwant: smile, open your eyes,love and go on.Can be ‘He is Gone’

Don’t WeepDon’t weep at my grave,For I am not there,I’ve a date with a butterflyto dance in the air.I’ll be singing in the sunshine,Wild and free,Playing tag with the wind,Please dont weep for me.How can i liveWhat am i to doNow apart of my heart,Is buried with you?

Special DayI do not need a special dayto bring you to my mind.The days I do not think of youare very hard to find.Each morning when I awakeI know that you are gone.And no one knows the heartacheas I try to carry on.My heart still aches with sadnessand secret tears still flow.What it meant to lose you,no one will ever know.Our thoughts are always with you,your place no one can fill.In life we loved you dearlyand we always will.

A Silent TearJust close your eyes and you will seeAll the memories that you have of meJust sit and relax and you will findI’m really still there inside your mindDon’t cry for me now I’m goneFor I am in the land of songThere is no pain, there is no fearSo dry away that silent tearDon’t think of me in the dark and coldFor here I am, no longer oldI’m in that place that’s filled with loveKnown to you all, as “UP ABOVE”

Miss me but let me goWhen I come to the end of the roadAnd the sun has set for meI want no rites in a gloom filled roomWhy cry for a soul set free.Miss me a little - but not too longAnd not with your head bowed lowRemember the love that we once sharedMiss me - but let me go.For this is a journey that we must all takeAnd each must go aloneIt's all a part of the Master's planA step on the road to home.When you are lonely, and sick of heartGo to the friends we knowBury your sorrows in doing good deedsMiss me - but let me go

RememberRemember me when I am gone away,Gone far away into the silent land;When you can go no more holdme by the hand,Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.Remember me when no more day by dayYou tell me of our future that you planned:Only remember me; you understandIt will be late to counsel then or pray.Yet if you should forget me for a whileAnd afterwards remember, do not grieve:For if the darkness and corruption leaveA vestige of the thoughts that once I had,Better by far you should forget and smileThan that you should rememberand be sad.

It’s a Time of Heartfelt SadnessIt’s a time of heartfelt sadnessWhen a loved one passes onBut know your loved one lives in joyAnd peace where he (or she) has goneOh how much he will be missedThat’s where the sadness liesBut others who have missed himnow rejoice in Heaven’s skiesWe know one day we’ll join himBecause our time on earth will fleeWe’ll then live with him foreverThroughout all eternity

Do not stand at my graveand weepDo not stand at my grave and weep,I am not there, I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow.I am the diamond glint on snow.I am the sunlight on ripened grain.I am the gentle autumn rain.When you wake in the morning hush,I am the swift, uplifting rushOf quiet birds in circling flight.I am the soft starlight at night.Do not stand at my grave and weep.I am not there, I do not sleep.Do not stand at my grave and cry.I am not there, I did not die!

All is WellDeath is nothing at allI have only slipped away intothe next roomI am I and you are youWhatever we were to each otherThat we are stillCall me by my old familiar nameSpeak to me in the easy way youalways usedPut no difference into your toneWear no forced air of solemnity or sorrowLaugh as we always laughedAt the little jokes we always enjoyedtogetherPlay, smile, think of me, pray for meLet my name be ever the household wordthat it always wasLet it be spoken without effortWithout the ghost of a shadow in itLife means all that it ever meantIt is the same as it ever wasThere is absolute unbroken continuityWhat is death but a negligible accident?Why should I be out of mindBecause I am out of sight?I am waiting for you for an intervalSomewhere very nearJust around the cornerAll is well.

Nothing Gold Can StayNature’s first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay.

God’s GardenGod looked around his gardenAnd found an empty place,He then looked down upon the earthAnd saw your tired face.He put his arms around youAnd lifted you to rest.God's garden must be beautifulHe always takes the best.He knew that you were sufferingHe knew you were in pain.He knew that you would neverGet well on earth again.He saw the road was getting roughAnd the hills were hard to climb.So he closed your weary eyelidsAnd whispered, 'Peace be Thine'.It broke our hearts to lose youBut you didn't go alone,For part of us went with youThe day God called you home.

Farewell my FriendsIt was beautiful as long as it lastedThe journey of my life.I have no regrets whatsoeverSave the pain I'll leave behind.Those dear hearts who love and care...And the strings pulling at theheart and soul...The strong arms that held me upWhen my own strength let me down.At every turning of my life I came acrossgood friends,Friends who stood by me,Even when the time raced me by.Farewell, farewell, my friendsI smile and bid you goodbye.No, shed no tears for I need them notAll I need is your smile.If you feel sad do think of meFor that's what I'll like when youlive in the heartsOf those you love, remember thenYou never die.

The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fairAnd having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that, the passing thereHad worn them really about the same.And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden blackOh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

I am FreeDon't grieve for me, for now I'm free,I'm following paths God made for meI took his hand I heard him callThen turned, and bid farewell to allI could not stay another dayTo laugh, to love, to sing, to playTasks left undone must stay that wayI found my peace... at close of playAnd if my parting left a voidThen fill it with remembered joyA friendship shared, a laugh, a kissAh yes, these things I too will miss.Be not burdened... deep with sorrowI wish you sunshine of tomorrowMy life's been full I've savoured muchGood friends, good timesA loved one's touchPerhaps my time seemed all too briefDon't lengthen it now with griefLift up your hearts and share with me,God wants me now... He set me free.

AfterglowI'd like the memory of meto be a happy one.I'd like to leave an afterglowof smiles when life is done.I'd like to leave an echowhispering softly down the ways,of happy times and laughing timesand bright and sunny days.I'd like the tears of those who grieve,to dry before the sunof happy memoriesthat I leave when life is done.

Think of MeI am not gone,I never left,Though through your tears,You were bereft,For I am waiting,In the room next door,Where one day we’ll be togetherForever more.Think of me in a flower,Think of me in the rain,Think of me when you hear,The larks’ sweet refrain,Enjoy the warm sunlight,I’ll chase away the cold,Cherish what we shared,And your heart will never grow old.For this is my love,That I bestow on you,To be always there,In what ever you do,Walking in the breeze,Or watching the clouds sail byJust remember me,I never did die.

You meant so muchYou meant so much to all of usYou were special and that's no lieYou brightened up the darkest dayAnd the cloudiest skyYour smile alone warmed heartsYour laugh was like music to hearI would give absolutely anythingTo have you well and standing nearNot a second passesWhen you're not on our mindsYour love we will never forgetThe hurt will ease in timeMany tears I have seen and criedThey have all poured out like rainI know that you are happy nowAnd no longer in any pain.

The ShipWhat is dyingI am standing on the seashore, a shipsails in the morning breeze andstarts for the ocean.She is an object of beauty and I standwatching her till at last she fades on thehorizon and someone at my side says:"She is gone."Gone!WhereGone from my sight that is all.She is just as large in the masts, hulland spars as she was when I saw her,and just as able to bear her load ofliving freight to its destination.The diminished size and total loss of sightis in me, not in her, and just at the momentwhen someone at my side says,"She is gone"There are others who are watching hercoming, and other voices take up a gladshout:"There she comes!"and that is dying.

His journey’s just begunDon't think of him as gone awayhis journey's just begun,life holds so many facetsthis earth is only one.Just think of him as restingfrom the sorrows and the tearsin a place of warmth and comfortwhere there are no days and years.Think how he must be wishingthat we could know todayhow nothing but our sadnesscan really pass away.And think of him as livingin the hearts of those he touched...for nothing loved is ever lostand he was loved so much.Words can be changed to ‘Her’

Indian PrayerWhen I am deadCry for me a littleThink of me sometimesBut not too much.Think of me now and againAs I was in lifeAt some moments it’s pleasant to recallBut not for long.Leave me in peaceAnd I shall leave you in peaceAnd while you liveLet your thoughts be with the living.Traditional An Angel from the Book of LifeWrote down my baby’s birth,And whispered as she closed the book“Too Beautiful for Earth”

Time will ease the hurtThe sadness of the present daysis locked and set in time,and moving to the futureis a slow and painful climb.But all the feelings that are nowso vivid and so realcan't hold their fresh intensityas time begins to heal.No wound so deep will ever goentirely awayyet every hurt becomesa little less from day to day.Nothing can erase the painfulimprints on your mindbut there are softer memoriesthat time will let you find.Though your heart won't let the sadnesssimply slide awaythe echoes will diminisheven though the memories stay

Stairway to HeavenThey say memories are golden,Well, maybe that is true;I never wanted memories,I only wanted you.A million times I needed you,A million times I cried;If love alone could have saved you,You never would have died.In life I loved you dearly,In death I love you still;In my heart you hold a pieceNo one could ever fill.But now I know you want meTo mourn for you no more,To remember the happy timesLife still has much in store.Since you'll never be forgottenI pledge to you today;A hallowed place within my heartIs where you'll always stay.If tears could build a stairwayAnd heartache make a lane;I'd walk the path to heavenAnd bring you back again.

If I Should Go Before TheRest of YouIf I should go before the rest of you,Break not a flower nor inscribe a stone.Nor when I’m gone speak in Sundayvoice,But be the usual selves that I have known.Weep if you must,Parting is hell,But life goes on,So sing as well.Our family chain is broken,and nothing seems the same;But as God calls us one by one,The chain will link again.

But not ForgottenI think no matter where you stray,That I shall go with you a way.Though you may wander sweeter lands,You will not forget my hands,Nor yet the way I held my headNor the tremulous things I said.You will still see me, small and whiteAnd smiling, in the secret night,And feel my arms about you whenThe day comes fluttering back again.I think, no matter where you be,You’ll hold me in your memoryAnd keep my image there without me,By telling later loves about me.

TimeTime is too slow for those who wait,Too swift for those who fear,Too long for those who grieve,Too short for those who rejoice,But for those who love,Time is eternity.

Even Though You Are GoneYour presence is still hereWe hold near and dearFor we’ve loved you foreverAnd we’ll forget you never.You have come and goneBut we know what is trueWhen we laid you on that lawnKnowing God has a place for you.I think about you everydayI feel so very gladKnowing you won’t go awayYou’ll keep me company when I’m sad.For you are here, though not on EarthWe love you just the sameWe know that you’ll rebirthBut God is not to blameHe just wanted what’s best for usEven though we may not seeGod is the one we must trustSo with Him we let it be.

If Roses grow in HeavenIf Roses grow in HeavenLord, please pick a bunch for me.Place them in my Mother's armsand tell her they're from me.Tell her that I love her and miss her,and when she turns to smile,place a kiss upon her cheekand hold her for awhile.Because remembering her is easy,I do it every day,but there's an ache within my heartthat will never go away.

DaffodilsI wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazed--and gazed--but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.

If Tears Could Build a StairwayIf tears could build a stairway,and memories a lane.I would walk right up to Heavenand bring you back again.No farewell words were spoken,No time to say "Goodbye".You were gone before I knew it,and only God knows why.My heart still aches with sadness,and secret tears still flow.What it meant to love you -No one can ever know.But now I know you want meto mourn for you no more;To remember all the happy timeslife still has much in store.Since you'll never be forgotten,I pledge to you today~A hollowed place within my heartis where you'll always stay.

In the GardenI come to the garden alone, While the dewis still on the roses;And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,the Son of God discloses.And He walks with me, and He talks with me,And He tells me I am His own.And the joy we share as we tarry there,None other has ever known.He speaks, and the sound of His voice,Is so sweet the birds hush their singing;And the melody that He gave to meWithin my heart is ringing.And He walks with me, and He talks to me,And He tells me I am His own,And the joy we share as we tarry there,None other has ever known.I'd stay in the garden with HimTho the night around me be falling;But He bid me go, thru the voice of woe,His voice to me is callingAnd he walks with me, and he talks with me,And He tells me I am His own,And the joy we share as we tarry there,None other has ever known.

Let Me GoWe've known lots of pleasure,At times endured pain,We've lived in the sunshineAnd walked in the rain.But now we're separatedAnd for a time apart,But I am not aloneYou're forever in my heart.Death always seems so sudden,And it is always sure,But what is oft' forgottenIt is not without a cure.There may be times you miss me,I sort of hope you do,But smile when you think of me,For I'll be waiting for you.Now there's many things for you to,And lots of ways to grow,So get busy, be happy, and live your life,Miss me, but let me go.

Time Will Ease The HurstThe sadness of the present daysIs locked and set in time,And moving to the futureIs a slow and painful climb.But all the feelings that are nowSo vivid and so realCan't hold their fresh intensityAs time begins to heal.No wound so deep will ever goEntirely away;Yet every hurt becomesA little less from day to day.Nothing else can erase the painfulImprints on your mind;But there are softer memoriesThat time will let you find.Though your heart won't let the sadnessSimply slide away,The echoes will diminishEven though the memories stay.

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